Soft-collar fastener



M, w. REES-E1 so'FT COLLAR FA-STENER. APPLICATION HLED SEPT530, 1 920.

Patented Mar. 15, 1921.

A TTOR/VEVS WITNESSES UNITED sTATEs PA rewrote-1c MERL -w. REESE, on NEWYORK, 'YJ

- SOFT-LGOLLAR FASTENER.

T 0 all whom it may concern i Be it known that I, MERL 'Rnnsn, a citizenof the UnitedStates, and a resident of the city of New York, .boroughofManhattan, in the county and Stateoff New York have invented a new andImproved Softe} Collar Fastener, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to collar fastening devices and has particularrelation to an improvement in clamps for engagement with the meetingedges of the outer fold of a soft collar whereby said edges are securedtogether after the tie has been applied.

Devices of this character now in general use and on the market, are madeeither of a rigid bar provided with clamping means at its opposite endsor comprise independent clamping elements linked together. The latterlinked fasteners are the most desirable because they afford means whichallows the device to'conform more snugly to the collar and at the sametime permit of a certain amount of play. Heretofore no provision hasbeen made in the construction of these devices to prevent relativetwisting of the clamping elements which twisting results in untoldefiort and loss of time in applying the device'to the collar.

It is therefore the principal object of this invention to improve thelinked formof fastening device, by constructing the same in such amanner and from material of a suitable cross sectional configuration topre vent relative twisting of the clamps whereby to minimize the amountof time and effort required in the application of the fastener to acollar.

A further object of'the invention is to provide a device of thecharacter described which is so constructed as to render the samefoldable into a small compact article which reduces the amount of spacenecessary for its storage to a minimum.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of the characterdescribed, which affords a stronger grip and presents a neaterappearance when applied but which does .not materially add to theexpense of manufacture.

With the above recited and other objects in view, some of which willappear hereafter, reference is had to the following specification, theappended and the acco-mpanying drawingsin'which; V a

Figure l is a front elevation illustrating the fastening device inapplied position on acollar.

. ig. 2 is an enlarged plan view of the fastening devicediagrammatically ,illustrat ingits position on a collar.

Fig. 3 is a front elevation thereof.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the device in folded condition. 7.

Referring to the drawings by characters of reference, 10 and 11designate a pair of identically formed clamping elements, each of whichis constructed from a single length.

of material of rectangular configuration in cross section. The clampsare formed by bending the material upon itself in substantially S-formto provide the entering mouth 12 and the collar edgereceiving loop 13.

The inner extremities .of the material are.

bent to form the eyes 14 and an oblong connecting link 15 respectivelyreceives the eyes 14, the said link being also constructed of materialof rectangular configuration in cross section providing means to preventrelative twisting of the clamping elements whereby the entering mouth 12of each clamping element is maintained in proper position to admit ofthe ready application of the device to the collar. In applying thedevice to a collar one of the clamping elementsis first applied to oneof the meeting edges of the outer fold of the collar by forcing the loop13 over the same through the Specification of Letters Patent, 7 Patentedu ,5, 71 921. I Amllicamn filed seamiemberhwi 92 0. Serial No.413,732.}.

entering mouth 12. The cross sectional configuration of thematerial fromwhich the clamps and the connecting link 15 are formed, will preventrelative twisting of the same and will constitute a means to maintainthe entering mouth 12 of the unconnected clamping element in properalinement to receive the other meeting edge of the'outer fold of thecollar thus minimizing the amount of time required in properlypositioning the entering mouth and the effort and difficulty ordinarilyexperienced where the clamping element is constructed otherdevice willoccupy a minimum amount of space and require a small contalner for 1tsreception. When the device is in applled position with the link 15disposed behind the knot of a tie, the same-will give the impression andsame neat appearance as a rigid bar but will afford means to allowthedevice to conform to and snugly fit the 001- merely illustrative of onepractical exampleor form in which the invention maybe reduced topractice and the rlght 1s reserved to embodiments other than thosespecifically shown in so far as the variations fall within the scope ofthe general meaning of the terms in which the claim is expressed.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby'Letters Patent:

A collar fastening device comprising clamping elements constructedrespectively of a single piece of material of rectangular configurationin cross section bent upon itself to provide collar receiving loopshaving entering mouths and formed at their inner ends with eyes, anelongated link 0011- structed of a material of a similar configurationin cross section respectively received by said eyes to afford meanstopermit of relative swinging of the clamps but serving to preventrelative twisting of the I same whereby to maintain the entering monthsin proper relation to receive the wings of a collar. a I MERL W. REESE.

